Allen v. State

Appellant was tried under an indictment in words and figures as follows, to-wit:

"The Grand Jury of said county charges that before the finding of this indictment Bill Allen, whose true name is otherwise unknown, willfully, and without consent of the owner entered upon the land or property of Charlie Mitchell, and carried away therefrom 24 windows complete and 6 doors of the value of $36.00, the personal property of Charlie Mitchell, contrary to law and against the peace and dignity of the State of Alabama."

Upon the trial, upon the close of the State's testimony, making out a case fit to be…